Not for nothing but TPCi posted their 411 on mega evolution and made a point of reminding people rayquaza doesnt have/need a keystone
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Update, two options for the future of MEGA sets:
- The usual pattern of main expansions (expansion pack) followed up by a subset expansion (enhanced expansion pack)
- A possibility where there are only main expansions (expansion pack)
- Charizard and Rayquaza are usually set mascots of main expansions
- Black Bolt & White Flare set a new precedent where main expansions can be experimental
- With the exception of dual sets, main expansions tend to be larger e.g. 100+ cards, ~30 AR/SR/SAR/UR
- Inferno X will still likely be used for the September sealed battle tournament
- Both scenarios deny the possibility of a High Class Pack for the final half year of Scarlet & Violet
- Battle Partners, Heat Wave Arena, The Glory of Team Rocket and Black Bolt & White Flare will see heightened reprint waves instead
- Potentially a High Class Pack: Best of MEGA at the end of 2025-2026 tcg season, as a throwback to the very first High Class Pack: Best of XY
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The next trademarks, MEGA Dream ex (MEGAドリームex) and Abyss Eye (アビスアイ)
- MEGA Dream ex earmarks the MEGA and ex mechanics, characteristic of High Class Pack sets
- Ultra Shiny GX
- TAG TEAM GX Tag All Stars
- Shiny Star V
- VMAX Climax
- VSTAR Universe
- Shiny Treasure ex
- Terastal Festival ex
https://www.pokebeach.com/2025/06/mega-dream-ex-and-abyss-eye-trademarked-for-the-pokemon-tcg
Thanks to @DragonClasher bringing this up, there is a possibility that MEGA Dream ex will be this December’s set but it will be a hybrid reprint of this year’s Owner’s SV sets and MEGA sets
- The last time Dream was used in a set name was SM11b Dream League, the origin of Character Rares
- SV9 Battle Partners was essentially a spiritual successor to Dream League and VMAX Climax, but with the Owner’s Pokémon mechanic
- Also a good opportunity for Steven’s Metagross ex and Marnie’s Grimmsnarl ex to be reprinted with SAR
- Like previous years, sets will be reprinted up until the fall decks
- Last year was the Stellar Ceruledge ex & Stellar Sylveon ex decks → SV8a Terastal Festival ex
- This year we will have the Mega Gengar ex & Mega Diancie ex decks in October
- Mega ex from M1L Mega Brave & M1S Mega Symphonia will also likely be reprinted
- SV era Owner’s Pokémon ex are getting English promos with alternative artwork (Fall Tins), so they might end up in this year’s High Class Pack
- Probably the biggest indicator, is that the card format between SV era and MEGA era has not changed
https://www.pokebeach.com/2025/06/fall-2025-tins-to-feature-team-rocket-pokemon
- The trademarks Ninja Spinner, Storm Emeralda and Abyss Eye will likely be PLZA sets from October onwards
Update
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TPC doesn’t make these for Japan, and they certainly won’t reprint Stellar cards with an SR in the next High Class set. Korea often gets the best of both JP and TPCi which means TPCi will likely release it in their final Prismatic Evolutions product, Premium Figure Collection (September 26)
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I figured English would get them in the figure collection. So no Japanese release for these? Interesting
It follows the same trend as these, all full art/gold promos from Premium/Tournament Collection boxes and all missing in JP
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Is there also an equivalent thread for the English TM and schedule? Couldn’t find anything via search.
Sorry, I’m not aware of any and I haven’t made one
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MEGA Start Deck 100 Battle Collection supposedly slated for December 19, 2025
The first Start Deck 100 introduced in December 17, 2021; 2 weeks after S8b High Class Pack: VMAX Climax. It was a 414+ partially reprinted card set distributed into 101(+1) decks
If history is to repeat here, [M2a High Class Pack] MEGA Dream ex might release December 5, 2025
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April Fools’ Day was 4 months ago 
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Another quick update, multiple sources indicating that MEGA Dream ex will release on November 28, 2025 (c: @exiliart )
- New rarity Mega Stone Mirror
- Will supposedly feature the newly revealed Mega Dragonite
- The last High Class set released in November was S4a Shiny Star V
https://x.com/gamesearch1/status/1953048657344737621
https://www.pokebeach.com/2025/08/mega-dream-ex-to-release-in-november-featuring-mega-dragonite-ex
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Rip (or good luck on the hunt :D) to the species collectors in advance.
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Start Deck V wasn’t too bad for the Eeveelutions. Found a website that carried all of them as singles.
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Did you collect just Japanese or all languages though?
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Just Japanese, yeah the other Asian languages are hard to find
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Full trademark name
MEGA High Class Pack: Mega Dream ex
ポケモンカードゲーム MEGA ハイクラスパック MEGAドリームex
- MEGA is the tcg era name in JP (e.g. the M in M1L Mega Brave stands for MEGA)
- ME is the era set code in EN, stands for Mega Evolution (e.g. ME01 Mega Evolution is the “base set” of ME era)
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Nooo, I’m still looking for the last set of Starter Deck 100 cards
If anyone has Korean Starter Deck 100 Slows, please let me know…
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Updated with confirmations of M2 Inferno X and M2a MEGA High Class Pack: Mega Dream ex
- Inserted Ninja Spinner, Storm Emeralda and Abyss Eye in the traditional JP schedule month slots for 2026
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Trademark Ninja Spinner and tonight’s reveal
- Potentially the first PLZA set of 2026 featuring the Kalos Mega Starters (with Greninja as the mascot)
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